SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Until recently, my knowledge of Ukraine (Crimea in particular) was limited to what I picked up in high school. My English teacher, who also happened to be my mother, Sofia Rivera Bunye, asked her class to memorize “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo appealed anew for the government to suspend excise taxes on fuel products to address ballooning oil prices amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) The Department of Energy (DOE) advised Filipino motorists...
Ukraine has called on oil companies to stop trading with Russia and its partners in a bid to step up pressure against the invading country amid the ongoing war. Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba (Screenshot from MFA of Ukraine / Facebook) "Russian oil smells with Ukrainian blood today....
Ukraine assured the governments of foreign students still trapped in the country that they are extending all necessary assistance to their nationals but said they cannot be safely evacuated unless Russia stops its attacks. Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba (Screenshot from MFA of...
Ukraine is bleeding but has not fallen. Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (Screengrab from MFA of Ukraine Facebook Page) This was what Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Sunday, March 6, as he called on every country in the world to demand Russia to stop the ongoing war. "As you...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, March 6, expressed support to the Philippine government for condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by joining a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution. Demonstrators hold signs reading “Putin is bombing Ukraine” and “Stop Putin Now”...
Partido Reporma presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government should “take a serious look” at its own resources as an alternative source of fuel as the price of oil continues to shoot up driven by the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. In a press briefing on...
A group of Filipino seafarers from war-stricken Ukraine are expected to arrive in the Philippines on Tuesday, March 8, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. SAFER GROUND-- Thirteen Filipino seafarers from Ukraine reach Moldova on March 4. They are crew members of MV Star Helena. (Photo...
NEW YORK, United States – Thousands of people gathered Saturday in Times Square in New York in support of Ukraine, demanding the United States, NATO or the European Union intervene to stop the unfolding war. Some were Ukrainian-American, while others were just New Yorkers who wanted to...
MOSCOW, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that any country imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict, while threatening his ex-Soviet neighbour's continued existence. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has pleaded...
KYIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he spoke by phone with his US counterpart Joe Biden to discuss financial support and sanctions against Russia as his country faces an intensifying onslaught. "As part of the constant dialogue, I had another conversation...
LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain is to make it easier to sanction Russian oligarchs and align those sanctions with the European Union and the US over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the government said on Saturday. The UK has been criticised for not doing enough to clamp down on oligarchs'...
